Vise for typographical machines



June 1939- L. w. BIEBER VI'SE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACE-IINES Filed Aug. 18, 1938 INVENTOR BYZJM Wfia'efiez;

ATTORN EY$ Patented June 20, 1939 UNHTED STATES PATET QFFIQE VISE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Lynn W. Bieber, Audubon, N. J., assignor to Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 18, 1938, Serial No. 225,620

15 Claims. (Cl. 199-50) This invention relates to typographical slug means must be provided for obtaining a reduccasting machines of the general organization tion of -points in the length of double column represented in U. S. Letters Patent No. 436,532 width lines. granted September 16, 1890 in which assembled While various means have already been pro- 5 lines of character bearing matrices are clamped posed for altering the position of the left hand 5 endwise between opposed vise jaws and presented jaw by a given amount over or under the actual to a mold in which the type bars or slugs are measure for which it may be set with the usual cast, the slugs being subsequently ejected from adjusting devices on the machine, such means the mold and then made up in columns in a have been wholly manual in operation, they reprinting form which may be directly employed quiring the operator to manually interpose or 10 for printing purposes or may be used in the proto exchange one or another form of stop memduction of a stereotype plate as commonly used her between the jaw and its usual adjustable in newspaper printing. stop. This additional manual operation not only The present invention is concerned more parrepresents an inconvenience to the operator and ticularly with the production of type slugs for loss of time but there is always the chance of 16 printing justified columns of lines as appear in failure to make the proper adjustment and therethe ordinary newspaper and relates specifically by obtain slugs that cannot be used in the forms. to means for casting slugs of the proper length The object of the present invention is to overto fit into double or triple width columns. To come these disadvantages and to render it pos- 20 elucidate, the practice in printing newspapers is sible on standard machines to automatically obgo to insert between each column a dividing vertitain slugs of the required length for double or cal rule, usually a thin line formed along the multiple column width lines when the adjustable top edge of a brass strip or rule, the latter being vise jaw is-set at the nearest standard line meas- 6-points (.084 inch) in thickness. ure position corresponding to the altered line To efiect economies in the amount of newslength that is wanted. To this end the inven- 25 print or paper required for the ordinary newstion provides an automatically controlled stop paper it has more recently been proposed to remember arranged to cooperate with the adjustduce the thickness of the vetical column rule able jaw at a predetermined line measure setting from the usual 6-points to 4-points, such reducsuch as at the normal 24 /2 em setting and upon tion of the rule affording a substantial saving such cooperation to automatically alter the 30 amounting to several thousands of dollars per length of the cast line from 24 ems to the reyear to a moderate size newspaper plant. quired 24 ems plus 4-points by correspondingly Since the standard single column width is 12 altering the position of the jaw relative to its ms, it Will be e de t t at W using -p usual adjusting devices. Specifically the invenvertical rule as heretofore, lines of double 001- ti n provides a stop member which may be piv- 35 um W dth h ve bee Cas e P 5 -p oted on the rear end of the vise jaw or its supin length- Using -p rule as now proposed, porting block, or on the usual adjustable line however, lines of double column width must be measure stop for setting the ise jaw, and is procast only 24 ems plus 4-points in length. vided with a thickened portion which, by means As ordinarily constructed, the matrix line of a cam member secured on the vise cap, will 40 clamping vise jaws of standard slug casting mabe moved on its pivot and become interposed chines are arranged to provide for adjusting or between the jaw and its adjustable stop whensetting the left hand jaw to different desired line ever the latter is set at the 24 /2 em position, measure positions, the right hand jaw usually thus automatically altering the actual setting being relatively fixed, and the adjusting devices of the jaw by 2-points. The cam member will, 45 are such as to vary the setting of the left hand of course, be located along the vise cap in posijaw in steps of one-half em or 6-points. Thus tion to move the stop member intooperative it has been possible heretofore to obtain double position only when the adjustable jaw is set for column width lines using 6-point rule simply by double column measure lines or at the 24 em setting the left hand jaw at the 24 em line position and to allow the stop member to assume measure position. According to the new pracan inoperative position for all other settings of "co requiring double column width lines 24 ems the jaw. In the case of the well known 42 em plus 4-points in length it will be evident that machines another cam member may be provided the standard one-half em variations for setting at the 37 em position to reduce the length of the left hand jaw will not do and that some triple column lines from 37 ems to 36 ems plus 8-points as would be required when using 4-point column rule instead of 6-point rule as heretofore.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a partial elevation on a reduced scale as viewed from the inner side of the vise frame and shows the devices of the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a full size end view, partly in section, looking from the right in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top or plan view of the right end of the vise frame in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the stop member of the invention.

lhe invention by way of example is shown in the present instance as applied to a machine of the well known construction wherein the fixed right hand vise jaw l is supported on a block 2 mounted in the vise cap 3 and the left hand jaw 3 is supported on a block 5 arranged to slide freely in. the vise cap for the purpose of setting it different distances from the fixed jaw according to the length of line it is desired to accommodate between the jaws. For setting the jaw to different line measure positions there is provided a toothed red 6 moved by a pinion l secured to a rotatable siaft 3 provided with a knob S, the rod 6 being held in different positions of adjustment by a locking slide M which engages teeth Na spaced one-half em apart on a side or" the rod 6 and which is operative to release the rod 6 for movement thereof in either direction when the knob 9 is pulled forwardly, the forward end of the slide i9 having a projection liib which engages an annular groove 9a in the hub of the knob 53. The adjustable vise jaw l normally banks freely against the inner end of the rod 6. or against a stop pin H in a block l2 secured to the rod and/or movable therewith, so that the jaw follows the stop at least upon inward movement of the rod. For specific details of this well known arrangement and the mode of operation of the parts referred to reference may be had to U. S. Letters Patent 1,108,758 granted August 25, 1914, to T. S. Homans. It may be stated however that a scale it is provided in connection with the adjusting rod 6 which scale projects from the right hand end of the vise cap 3 to give the operator of the machine visual indication of the line measure setting of the vise jaw The scale is divided in one-half em steps corresponding to the one-half em positions in which the rod 6 may be set according to the standard practice on machines of this class and as provided for by the one-half em spacing of the teeth llla engaged by the locking slide lil.

According to the invention means is provided at a predetermined line measure position such as 24 ems (24 ems plus (Z-points) corresponding to the usual length of a double column newspaper line for automatically reducing the actual jaw setting by Z-points, thereby obtaining lines only 24 ems plus t t-points in length in spite of the normal 24 em setting of the jaw.

To accomplish this there is provided preferably on the rear end of the vise jaw supporting block 5 an auxiliary stop member l4 pivoted on a screw i5 and normally resting by gravity on the lip it along the inner face of the vise cap. On the inner vertical face of the vise cap 3 there is provided a cam member l? secured in place as by a screw l3. When the stop member l4 rests on the lip l6 of the vise cap which is its normal or inactive position, its thin section H3 is aligned with the stop pin H and is interposed between this pin and the rear end of the vise jaw 5. It should be pointed out here that the stop pin l l is reduced in length by the thickness of the section It so that when this section is interposed between the pin and the jaw, as it normally is, the normal settings of the jaw will not be altered or disturbed. However, when the stop member I4 is raised by the cam member I! as when the stop pin is adjusted inwardly (to the left in Fig. l) to a point where the auxiliary member it rests on the apex 2E] of the cam, the thick lower section 2i of the member M will be aligned with the stop pin it and will be interposed between this pin and the rear end of the jaw 4 (see dot-and-dash position in Fig. 2).

The cam member l? is secured to the vise cap at a point where its apex 29 will engage and hold the stop member in position for cooperation of its thick section 2! with the jaw 4 and jaw step ii when the latter are set at the 24 em line measure position, this being the normal jaw setting when casting double column lines. However, the section 2i is exactly Z-points thicker than the section l8 so that when the section 2! is operative as a stop for the jaw the actual line measure setting will be reduced by 2-points or from 24 ems to 24 ems plus 4-points.

Thus, assuming that the liner L in the mold M is such as to provide a casting slot S which is 24 ems plus 4-points in length, as would be the natural and obvious condition for producing lines 24 ems plus l-points in length, the vise jaws of the machine, by means of the automatic positioning oi the stop member Hi into cooperative relation with the stop I i, are rendered capable of confining between them only such assembled lines as are of the proper length for double column width when l-point vertical column rule is employed. At any line measure setting of the adjustable vise jaw 4 other than that in which the auxiliary stop member i l rests on the apex of the cam H, the thin section E5 of the member it will cooperate with the usual adjustable stop pin ll so that the machine will operate in a normal manner to cast slugs of standard lengths varying by full or half ems and corresponding exactly to the line measure indicated on the scale it.

Obviously the auxiliary stop member it may be pivoted on the adjustable block l2 or any equivalent member so long as it is capable of interposition between the jaw and its adjusting or setting means automatically, or is adapted automatically to cooperate with the jaw and/or its adjusting means in such manner as to alter one or more of the normal line measure settings determined by the jaw adjusting devices usually provided on, the machine.

I claim:

1. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for setting said jaw in different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member movable into a position for cooperation with said adjustable stop to alter the line measure setting at such position of the jaw and means operative automatically to move said member into such position upon adjustment of said stop and said jaw to a predetermined line measure setting.

2. In a typographical machine having a movable vise jaw adapted to occupy different line measure positions and stop means adjustable in the direction of movement of the jaw for locating the jaw at one or another ofsuch positions, means adapted automatically to move into cooperative relation with said adjustable stop means and said jaw at certain only of the line measure settings of the latter.

3. In a typographical machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for retaining the jaw in different selected line measure positions, an auxiliary member cooperative with said adjustable stop and said jaw by interpositioning therebetween to thereby change the line measure position of said jaw, and means for automatically interposing said member upon adjustment of said stop to at least one selected line measure position.

4. In a typographical machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for locating said jaw in different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member normally inactive but movable into active relation with the adjustable stop at at least one line measure position of the movable jaw, and means operative automatically to render said auxiliary member active upon adjustment of the jaw to said line measure position.

5. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop movable in the direction of movement of the jaw for setting the latter in different line measure positions according to the desired length of the line to be cast, an auxiliary stop member movable transversely into operative position between the adjustable stop and the jaw upon setting said jaw to a given line measure position to thereby alter the line measure cast at such position of the jaw, and means independent of said adjustable stop and jaw and cooperative with said auxiliary stop member for automatically moving the latter into operative position.

6. In a typographical machine having a vise jaw adapted to occupy different line measure positions and an adjustable stop for determining the line measure setting of said jaw, an auxiliary stop member normally inactive but adapted to alter at least one of the line measure settings determined by the adjustable stop, and means operative automatically to render said member active when the jaw occupies said line measure position.

'7. In a typographical machine having a pair of opposed vise jaws one of which is movable and an adjustable stop for setting the movable jaw in different line measure positions to confine matrix lines of a corresponding length, an auxiliary member operative at given line measure position of the jaw to alter the setting thereof to thereby permit confining only matrix lines of less length by a given amount, and means for automatically moving the auxiliary member into operative position at said line measure position of the movable jaw.

8. In a typographical machine having a movable vise jaw and means for adjusting said jaw to set it in different line measure positions, a member adapted upon actuation to cooperate with said adjusting means and to alter the position of the jaw relative to the adjusting means at a given line measure setting of the jaw, and means for automatically actuating said member at such line measure setting.

9. In a typographical machine having a movable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for determining the line measure setting of said jaw, an

auxiliary member movable to different positions together with the adjustable stop and the jaw and movable also in a transverse direction and into a position between the stop and the jaw, and means cooperative with said member at a given line measure setting to automatically move it between the jaw and the stop.

10. In a typographical machine having a pair of opposed vise jaws one of which is adjustable and an adjustable stop for moving said jaw to set it in different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member pivoted on the adjustable jaw and movable into an active position between said jaw and the adjustable stop at a given line measure setting to reduce said measure by a given amount, and means cooperative with said member automatically to move it into active position only at said line measure setting of the movable jaw.

11. In a typographical machine having an adjustable vise jaw and an adjustable stop against which said jaw banks freely at different line measure settings of the stop, an auxiliary stop member adapted at a given line measure position to alter the relation between the jaw and its adjustable stop but to permit free banking of the jaw against said member in a correspondingly altered line measure position, and means for automatically moving said auxiliary member into active position at the given line measure position of the adjustable jaw.

12. In a typographical machine having an adjustable vise jaw and an adjustable stop for setting said jaw in different line measure positions, an auxiliary stop member adapted for interposition between the jaw and its adjustable stop, and a fixed independent member located at such position relative to the adjustable stop as to move said auxiliary member between the jaw and its stop at a given line measure setting of the jaw.

13. In a typographical slug casting machine having a movable vise jaw, an adjustable stop normally cooperative with said jaw for setting and retaining the latter in different line measure positions, and an having means for setting it automatically into cooperative relation with said adjustable stop at predetermined line measure settings of the jaw.

14. In a typographical machine having a pair of vise jaws mounted in a vise frame, one of said jaws being adjustable according to the adjustment of a movable stop for setting said jaw in different line measure positions, an auxiliary member cooperative with said stop to alter a line measure setting of the jaw, and a cam member mounted on the vise frame in position to cooperate with said auxiliary member to render it active at a given line measure position to thereby alter the relation between the jaw and its stop at such position and to render the auxiliary member inactive at all other line measure settings of the adjustable jaw.

15. In a typographical machine having a pair of vise jaws one of which is adjustable and an adjustable stop capable of setting said jaw in line measure positions differing in steps of six points, an auxiliary stop member adapted to alter the setting of the adjustable jaw by two points at a given line measure position, and means for automatically rendering said auxiliary stop active to effect such alteration in the setting of said jaw only at such line measure position.

LYNN W. BIEBEER.

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